RAF Wittering

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/RAF_Wittering

GPTKB entity

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:No._5_Force_Protection_Wing gptkb:Air_Training_Corps gptkb:No._38_Group_RAF gptkb:Cambridgeshire_Army_Cadet_Force gptkb:No._115_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._16_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._1_Air_Mobility_Wing gptkb:No._2_Mechanical_Transport_Squadron gptkb:No._3_Mechanical_Transport_Squadron gptkb:No._3_Mobile_Catering_Squadron gptkb:No._504_(County_of_Nottingham)_Squadron_RAuxAF gptkb:No._5131_(BD)_Squadron gptkb:No._71_(IR)_Squadron_RAF_Regiment gptkb:No._85_(Expeditionary_Logistics)_Wing
gptkbp:historicalName	Harrier operations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	RAF Wittering
gptkbp:ICAO_code	gptkb:EGXT
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Cambridgeshire gptkb:Northamptonshire
gptkbp:nearestCity	gptkb:Peterborough
gptkbp:nickname	Home of the Harrier
gptkbp:opened	1916
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:previousAircraft	gptkb:Armstrong_Whitworth_Whitley gptkb:Bristol_Blenheim gptkb:Gloster_Meteor gptkb:Handley_Page_Hampden gptkb:Vickers_Wellington gptkb:Hawker_Hind gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Percival_Proctor gptkb:Vickers_Valiant gptkb:Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier gptkb:Bristol_Beaufort gptkb:Bristol_Bulldog gptkb:Fairey_Battle gptkb:Gloster_Gladiator gptkb:Vought_Corsair gptkb:Short_Stirling gptkb:Avro_Tutor gptkb:Airspeed_Oxford gptkb:Douglas_Dakota gptkb:Miles_Magister gptkb:Fairey_Albacore gptkb:Fairey_Barracuda gptkb:Fairey_Swordfish gptkb:Grumman_Avenger gptkb:Grumman_Hellcat gptkb:Grumman_Martlet gptkb:Supermarine_Seafire gptkb:Supermarine_Walrus gptkb:Westland_Whirlwind gptkb:Hawker_Hurricane gptkb:de_Havilland_Mosquito gptkb:Avro_Anson gptkb:Bristol_Beaufighter gptkb:English_Electric_Canberra gptkb:Handley_Page_Victor gptkb:Hawker_Hart gptkb:Hawker_Hunter gptkb:North_American_Harvard gptkb:Westland_Lysander gptkb:de_Havilland_Tiger_Moth gptkb:BAE_Harrier_II
gptkbp:runwayLength	2,744 m
gptkbp:runwaySurface	asphalt
gptkbp:usedFor	logistics training support units
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:617_Squadron_(RAF) gptkb:No._605_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._2553_Squadron_RAF
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6